Relatives - Enja

Japanese: 縁者 - えんじゃ

〘noun〙① Someone who has a fateful connection with oneself. ② Someone connected by a kinship relationship. Someone who is related by fate. ※Kusatsu Honhobutsushu (c. 1179) vol. 5 "The relatives of the 32 senior warriors, also called fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law, lived in five parts of Tenjiku." ③ (In early modern times, this was distinguished from "relatives") A person who is related by marriage. Relatives by marriage. Kin. Kin. ※Joruri: Kokusenya Kassen (1715) vol. 3 "Even if you are related by marriage, it is the rule that people from other countries are strictly prohibited from entering the castle."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 自分と因縁のある者。② 親戚関係でつながっている者。縁続きの人。※九冊本宝物集（1179頃）五「三十二人のかいごの武士の縁者、あるいはしうとといひ、むこといひ、五天竺にぢうまんせり」③ (近世では「親類」と区別して) 結婚によって生じた近親の者。姻戚。姻族。縁類。えんざ。※浄瑠璃・国性爺合戦（1715）三「親類えんじゃたり共、他国者は城内へかたくきんぜいとの掟なり」

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